In the latest fallout from a wide-ranging scandal, former USC gynecologist George Tyndall, who faces criminal charges for allegedly sexually abusing hundreds of students, has surrendered his medical license to the Medical Board of California.
We are pleased to provide you with the updated, 2019 version of the Arent Fox Survey of Data Breach Notification Statutes. The Arent Fox 2019 Survey serves as a reminder to the health care industry that HIPAA is only one of many data breach notification requirements. Make sure your breach response p
Please join Arent Fox in San Francisco for our annual Medical Staff Leaders and the Law Conference. This full day conference is designed to equip your medical staff team with the most current skills, tools, and information to navigate challenging issues and provide effective leadership.
Please join Arent Fox in Costa Mesa for our ninth annual Medical Staff Leaders and the Law Conference. This full day conference is designed to equip your medical staff team with the most current skills, tools, and information to navigate challenging issues and provide effective leadership.
Finance Partner Les Jacobowitz spoke with Banking New York after attorneys general in at least five states began conducting investigations tied to alleged manipulation of the London interbank offered rate (LIBOR), adding to probes by US and UK authorities.
In a Notice of Intent FDA reminded pharmaceutical manufacturers that if their drugs were not appropriately updated, certified or associated with a registered establishment, they will be marked “inactive” by FDA and the date of inactivation added to the listing record.
On July 29, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued the proposed CY 2020 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System (Proposed Rule).
The New York Law Journal reported last year that Arent Fox’s Les Jacobowitz asked but no one—not class counsel, the judge, and certainly not the banks—had an answer.
On July 29, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its annual proposed update to the hospital outpatient prospective payment system (Proposed Rule).
On July 22, 2019, the Supreme Court of California decided Wilson v. CNN, thereby answering an important, open question of law: Does Anti-SLAPP protection apply to retaliation and discrimination cases? The answer is yes.
On July 9, 2019, the US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG) released two reports addressing hospice deficiencies and the risks, potential harm, and actual harm those deficiencies posed to hospice beneficiarie.
The US District Court for the District of Columbia invalidated a final rule pursuant to which pharmaceutical manufacturers would have to disclose the list price of certain drugs on direct-to-consumer ads.
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee recently voted to advance bipartisan legislation, called the Lower Health Care Costs Act (the Act), aimed at, among other things, curbing surprise medical bills.
On June 18, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hosted a workshop to discuss and analyze the effects of Certificates of Public Advantage (COPAs) and Certificates of Need (CONs) on price and access to health care services, health care innovation, and quality of services.
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently confirmed that “anti-assignment” provisions — provisions prohibiting insureds from assigning their rights under a health plan to third parties, including medical providers — are enforceable as long as they are unambiguous.
